Update after SotO release: Build with birthday cake buff + relic of the fractal Autoattack only with full boons/condis: 15.9k dps 3 button dps w/ same: 21.5k dps 5 button dps w/ same: 24.3k dps 5 button NO boons/condis: 10.5k dps Notes: Flanking has been buffed since this videos release, you will now always get flanking bonuses when hitting defiant foes no matter what. Update after Janthir release: Tested same as above, and got same results. Conclusion: Still viable if you like it.
THANK YOU! I've used gaming this past 18 months (for the first time in my 65 years) to help me recover from a brain injury and have been hooked ever since. Even though most of my symptoms have dissipated, I still struggle with arthritis in my hands and wrists. It's made a world of difference. We have several "physically challenged" folks of varying degrees in our guild but everyone is very helpful and forgiving in the group activities. They guided me to your videos. Bless them... and bless you for your helping heart!
I have multiple issues with my hands and of late have been sidelined by terrible tendinitis coupled with carpal tunnel. I gave this build a try on my main and it was fantastic. I was pushing through stuff with half a functioning hand. The positioning part was my struggle but as long as my pet was tanking I was truly just fine. I used a wallow because I didn't want to switch to my usual default bristleback. Everything still worked great. Now to get a legendary shortbow. Thanks for these great guides that make effectiveness feel within - I truly feel like I can use this build to adapt to whatever my physical capabilities of the now are.
@@MuklukTH-cam I'm severely Dyslexic so learning learning complex rotations and remembering what does what in a split second decision takes a lot of effort. I'd like to also add my appreciation for these builds Mr Mukluk. 🥰💚
I've actually been looking at leveling a ranger as an alt recently, this is great timing to look at as a stepping stone to learning soulbeast initially before I get into more complicated builds.
I love this so much, this explains things right to my experience level of "played this game for years, very familiar with it but not at all familiar with meta-level combat", and I can always appreciate an accessible build when I have joint issues that can make repetitive play very painful on my hands at times. Pain and other issues like ad/hd can complicate fights a lot for me too in that I can't fully absorb what's going on with so many dynamic things happening, so being able to pull focus away from how to attack and more on what's going on around me is just an amazing improvement. Combine that with my love of ranger, and you've just made my entire day. Thank you so much for this video!
Loving this build series. They're great to also learn/teach mechanics in training so people don't have to worry about their rotation as much and actually learn the fights!
For overworld, it helps a ton to use Jacaranda, while merged you get 2 heal abilities (ones also a condition cleanse) and you get about 2k hp. When unmerged you have one of the strongest pets in terms of both damage and tankiness. It can also heal itself so you always have a great option when soloing.
@@rkbkirin5975 i'm mesmer/necro ...ranger's pet seems like brainwashed juveniles of the very enemies we are fighting. but i get your point ...i remember being amazed and very afraid of Kaa in the Jungle Book
So much nostalgia, I main Engi but when I found Muk's channel and watched his builds and guides it got me interested in Ranger. Ranger became my secondary class of choice, so to watch a Ranger build here is like a blast from the past.
Returning to comment here after 3 days of playing this soulbeast build. Even without viper gloves and boots because Yassith takes a bit to build and I ran out of dark matter, IT'S AWESOME! My dps is consistently higher in long group events, I can be in the slot pew pewing bleeding and poison, interrupting and tossing healing spring out, and my warthog is named The Baconator. And no one yelled at me for not being their level of skill or dps. (That's one sure way to make me quit your party or guild.) Great job, Muk!
there's a lot of classes that work like this in gw2 too if you have a flavor preference. Glad someone with reach is showcasing that this game doesn't have to be hardmode for everything when playing.
Absolutely love southeast. Ranger has always been my main but when Soulbeadt launched I fell in love with it. Got my Ibolga and short bow just tearing around open world. It's such a safe weapon, pet, traps makes a it a great solo build. I'll have to check out my talents when I get home see if I can improve an already fun build.
Oh hey, this is the build that I use on my first ever character lmao. This build truly is amazing. Pew pewing enemies from afar and watch them die slowly will never get old. Condi numbers go brrrrrrrrrrrrttt
I've been kind of lost on how to gear my ranger. Ive got a berserker power soulbeast set up right now, but I'm having trouble learning optimal rotations since I'm very new to MMOs and stringing together long combos in the moment while also trying to learn mechanics and whatnot can be frustrating. I might give this build a try! I love your low intensity firebrand and this seems like another banger!
If only guild wars would put a little more effort into marketing the game... You are an INVALUABLE resource to newbies and veterans alike. For example, I had no idea that a soulbeast could instant rez their pet by merging and unmerging!
Anet marketing team: I Know, lets only promote EoD to people already playing gw2, that'll work! Meanwhile EoD on launch day "Why are the zones so empty". Ya know, its one thing Anet has never done right, they have never marketed this game correctly.
I use an altered build of Hizen's SB build, basically stay in dual daggers all the time. Though just realised, if you in Vipers this sounds more like a pve instanced low intensity focus on dps build as if you in open world, Trailblazers still always better. Can make a low intensity build for SB that requires no movement and no weapons swaps for fractal/open world/dungeon soloing for example. Multiple full heals - Poison trap - Spider merge poison aoe - your heal ultil - just dagger attacks in general+merge healing or vulture stance. Dolyak when you just don't want to take damage for a bit. (you also never unmerge)
Thanks for this video I'm using this build now and it's actually amazing, I got to level 80 a bit lost with gear and you gave me direction I'm using all exotics but still do a decent amount of damage! :D
I love the build and use a similar one quite often. Going even a few steps to the side can mean that firebrands can't keep your quickness up. Thiefs often have the same problem. Also on some bosses like Sabetha or Adina you should stack with the group regardless becaus of mechanics. I find that the meta condi Soulbeast has problems doing the rotation on quite a few bosses anyway so this is a chill alternative that does adequate damage. Not top numbers but you can focus on other things like learning the mechanics or teaching them to your group.
i did play a shortbow ranger a few years back, the place it really shined was tequatl, if you take the trait that gives pierce, you can stand at one leg and target the other and hit both (rev hammer can easily do this also) for massive damage, not that tequatl needs it but hey big numbers
Another change- Similar to how switching the signet for spirits is a group DPS increase, taking Leader of the Pack is another group DPS increase as it shares your vulture stance with 5 people. If you also take One Wolf Pack, it's a pretty huge DPS increase. While it only works with power DPS, shortbow has pretty short cooldowns and can keep your DPS up even on some of the longer phase power fights, and can help your power DPS immensely. Edit: typo more like typoo
Would love to see you do a raidboss with a full squad of low intensity players! I belive that would help the elitist meta 🙂 ty for the videos, love them even tho i prefer the more intense builds myself. Keep helping the diverse community!❤
I don't see you mention this, but you can put all your pet skills on auto by Ctrl+clicking them. It doesn't work all the time, so I don't know the full rules about what is allowed to automate but it worked for me the other day.
just tried adding Spike Trap and Warthog F3 to the rotation and ended up with 27k DPS and peaks at 40k...this build is kinda insane for how easy it is :D
As mentioned I tested it with other condi weapons (dagger included) and got nearly the same results in dps, except you lost range and you lost an interrupt.
I guess it didn't really change after late patch, as it was a version that did not take use of One Wolf Pack. One question, though: is Ambidexterity in that build an upgrade over Refined Toxins?
Soooo.... a while back I was practicing to get over 30k... And this build gives me almost 26k on the first try... I wonder... Will I start practicing my perfect rotation again... or will I just go the low intensity build.....? Yeyeye... I get people's frustration who like me kept practicing like crazy... buuuut... what's keeping them from still doing so? Ofc I will go with the easy effective builds as long as I need to get familiar to old or new mechanics. But I do hope that people who were not able to keep up before finally having a good chance to be really useful in groups People underestimate many factors why others just can't do the high intensity builds as effective as others. Not just things like shaking hands but also the hardware can be a massive problem. A few years back I had to play on my notebook and the skills were just not always casting right. I thought I was totally failing but when I tried my rotation on a friends high end gaming pc I was suddenly close to perfect. So whatever the reasons are, in the end everyone will profit from those builds.
@@MuklukTH-cam extra movement speed, health recovery or if there is no tanking the toughness all sound safer to me cause they help you survive in some way, and dead dps is no dps :D (also the actives on stone and renewal signet are nicer than signet of the wild imo)
Big fan of these low intensity builds as a new player, any thoughts on a power version? I read one comment saying the power soulbeast rotation is overly complicated, so is it just not possible to do a low intensity power build? I'm enjoying ranger a lot and want to give soulbeast a try now that I'm 80, just never been a huge fan of DoT based builds
Yeah, just swap the gear to exotic qnd upgrade when you can. Best exotic is from verdant edge, the HoT starting map. You get free piece / day from completing the meta at tier 4 and you can buy more cheaply from the vendor at the start waypoint
TY for this!! Im terrible with using 1-5 and F1 etc buttons, could never learn it (Im a click on skills person lol) and this build is perfect for me! Way less buttons to push :)
These are a mix of sources, even chat suggestions from his twitch. Some of his streams I've seen him testing LI builds of different classes and he's shown of a list of suggestions he's working on.
Muck do you know about the kit-lis halo build? It was my favorite build to show new raiders. Put out 30k DPS. And you can skill click it. - it’s like 6 buttons and it loops. - Unrealx.8174 - I will comment the build and rotation below
Notes: You want to overheat w/ this build. A few skill do more damage when your 50% overheated and then 100% overheated Rotation - get turret down ( press f4 off cool down the whole time ) - open with pistol 4 - photon Forge ( f5 ) - 4 , and 3 off cool down - when above 50% heat > f2 + f3 > ""over heat"" - 7 , 0 , 8 - 8 ( blast it ) - auto attack w/ pistol 4 when you can ( you can get in an f3 before below 50% heat ), - that is it - loop the rotation when you can go back into photon forge - ( on the second loop - you cant use your - 0 - light beam ) change turret out for batting ram on CC heavy fights
You just revealed our greatest sustain ability - merge/unmerge abuse. In case u forgot anet is after sustain skills nerfing them like mad. If slb gets nerfed this june patch we will blame you.
@Mukluk Please, be noted that Viper is inherently hybrid in nature (Power, Precision, + Condi, Expertise). One Wolf Pack scales very well with Viper. It is great, maybe just not for the low-intensity because it is an extra button to press. If you remember, your very own hybrid DPS version of ranger can pop around 120K from one wolf pack alone. On full Viper. It is a very honorable mention.
Yes but the hybrid build made use of a ridiculous damage loop with axe 5, one wolf pack, and runes of the mad king, two of which are not present in this build. It can be used if you wish of course but far less effective than that example.
@@MuklukTH-cam Oh, absolutely. It will proc less times on this build (also less ferocity), but is by no means to be overlooked, or deemed useless on viper builds. It's a very viable alternative, especially on single target. It was just a friendly reminder for all the fellow rangers. "OWP scales with Power, so it doesn't help us" might be misleading, as Viper actually has power as primary stat. Anyway, great content, I respect your service to the community with these easy-yet-effective builds. I'll be sending more people your way.
I actually stopped playing Ranger very much when Hot hit and Druid seemed so incredibly un-openworld-friendly. Previous to that I actually liked it quite a bit, but having an entire expansion without anything interesting class-wise was tough. When Soulbeast came out, I tried the power build, but the rotation for that just left me scratching my head, with what felt like 30 things to keep track off and one misstep meaning you're done. But this is almost the exact kinda condi soulbeast I finally tried like 2 months ago. It's easy to use, it's very powerful and you can add new things organically, rather than having to memorize which of your 40 step rotation you need to swap, when cooldown y is at amount z. And to be super honest, if one were to quote Muk "you can do 20k, but I expect half that in a raid scenario you don't know", then you can actually rate this build a lot higher, because even if you have to learn and dodge a new boss a lot, you don't miss much of your damage. It's not a whole process you need to start over and focus on, it's something that deals good damage and lets you focus completely on the boss. The range also means you don't run the risk of just swinging at air, when you don't see yourself in the stack for a second. With Untamed being the...thing...that it is right now, this is definitely my go-to ranger build for the foreseeable future.
@@MuklukTH-cam hi, it's me again, sorry... you said in stream that for this you were looking at willbender and that concerned me a little since the dps comes from f1 which is a mobility skill and i'm afraid since you have to keep it on cd to do damage people will suicide like that
I love that you do these, I wish I could figure out all the Video-making thingies you use, I always feel my stuff reeks of amateur hour. What I need is a Low Intensity Catalyst build, I suck so bad at Ele, I don't understand how to keep that 3 spinning, how to add more balls spinning, it seems the cooldown is really unfair unless you mash buttons like crazy, the very opposite of Low Intensity. :( I say "seems" cause I feel like I MUST be doing something wrong or misunderstanding the mechanic in some fundamental way...
Don't forget storm spirit! if you group/squad don't make enough vulnerability, storm spirit will help. (for example if your group only make ~15 vulnerability, storm spirit is +10% damage. Both condition and strike damage. while frost spirit only give 5% strike damage)
As someone who uses this exact build in raids, I will die on the hill that this is the best condi build to learn bosses, while dishing some sweet numbers, outside of scourges. There's tons of utility like stun break with dolyak stance, superspeed with griffon stance, extra cc with spike trap, and so on. Bear Stance can be a 5-man giga-condi cleanse on bosses like Slothassor. OWP is a 4-man DPS juice. This build is so so good and best of all, you can skip using dagger 3 which is a leap (read: death by mechanics).
The first time I tried this build, I joined a random strike group and was easily in the top 3 dps-wise. Is it the omega-top-super-raid build? No, but it's close enough that it ekes it out, due to ease of use. So I'd completely agree on it being a fantastic "learning" build and it also feels a lot more fluid and logical that way. You can always add a dagger/torch as a swap, if you wanna add a bit.
Took me a moment to realise that the low intensity builds here, are pve instanced based low intensity builds. Wonder if he'll do a general for all content solo low intensity version, quite easy to pull that off with SB.
Beastmastery > wilderness survival because of the permanent passive 30% movement speed boost while merged, and I don't think you're actually gaining any DPS by going wilderness survival, but maybe that's because I use slightly different skills. Also bristleback pet causes less dps drop off when you have to go ranged, because you can use all of the skills up to 600 range, and it gives additional AoE damage, something that this build is somewhat lacking. And if single target melee damage is the goal, Lynx is still better. For the loss of CC you can make up for by going axe/axe as the 2nd weapon set, and swapping only when you need extra CC. Also have you tested with Sic 'Em instead of the signet? It's one more button to press, but it works the same way as the other utilities, so it doesn't interrupt the rotation, and also has a cooldown that is so close to them that they can all 3 be pressed at the same time. Basically you can get the whack-a-mole shortbow build to 30-32k (depending on whether you have stat infusions) by just pressing random buttons that are off-cooldown. 25k is not the limit with this build.
"I don't think you're actually gaining any DPS by going wilderness survival" You are, I tested both. In a group with boons it pulls noticeably ahead. " Also bristleback pet causes less dps drop off when you have to go ranged, because you can use all of the skills up to 600 range, and it gives additional AoE damage, something that this build is somewhat lacking" You could do that, it would be a very minor increase in a specific situation though and you would give up increased damage in other situations, plus giving up 2 interrupts. Sic em: Sic 'em scales power damage and does not work with conditions. You could use it with this build but 80% of this builds damage output is conditions (roughly 60% bleed and 20% poison) which sic em will not impact, it would only buff the remaining 20% of your damage.
@@MuklukTH-cam Ok, so I did a bit of testing myself to test out the differences between the build I was using, and what you suggest. I did the test with the buffs and conditions listed on snowcrows at the bottom of the benchmark page, but without food or utility (except for 7). And I only have stat infusions on my shortbow (so +10 condi damage compared to the stats you have on the gear in this video). 1. So first test was my "baseline" with the build I was usually using (Beastmastery, Sic 'Em, One Wolf Pack, Bristleback). The result was 28787 DPS. 2. The next thing I did was swap Sic Em for the sigil. Result: 29137. 3. Then I swapped One Wolf Pack for Entangle. Result: 28688. 4. Since I had a better result with One Wolf Pack than Entangle, I swapped it back, and then changed the Beastmastery traitline for Wilderness Survival. Result: 28036. 5. Then I went back to the build I had the best result with (the one in 2), and swapped pet to Lynx. Result: 29296. 6. Swapped pet to warthog. Result: 28523. 7. Swapped back to Lynx, and then also ate food and used utility to see what the limit is. Result: 30628. So what I see in my testing is, the shortbow build definitely performs better with Beastmastery over Wilderness Survival. You were right to pick the sigil over Sic Em though. And which pet to pick depends on your use case, but Lynx is definitely the best option in terms of raw DPS output, with Bristleback being a close 2nd. Except for the sigil this basically confirms what I had observed when I tested out this build before EOD. For reference, I used shortbow skills 2, 4, 5 (5 triggers Twice as Vicious trait which is a 10% DPS boost with 62.5% uptime when used off-cooldown with alacrity), all utilities except for the sigil and all beast skills that apply conditions (so f2, f3 on Lynx, f1, f3 on Warthog, f1, f2, f3 on Bristleback), whenever any of it went off-cooldown (so pure whack-a-mole "rotation"). And when I set Beastmastery, I go 3-3-3 (3-3-1 gives a marginal improvement via better Twice as Vicious uptime at the expense of a more complicated rotation, but we want to avoid that here, so that's why I went with 3-3-3).
Update after SotO release:
Build with birthday cake buff + relic of the fractal
Autoattack only with full boons/condis: 15.9k dps
3 button dps w/ same: 21.5k dps
5 button dps w/ same: 24.3k dps
5 button NO boons/condis: 10.5k dps
Notes: Flanking has been buffed since this videos release, you will now always get flanking bonuses when hitting defiant foes no matter what.
Update after Janthir release:
Tested same as above, and got same results.
Conclusion: Still viable if you like it.
Hello. To make sure, you get flanking bonus even if not on the side or back?
@@MarkReyes-d6n A bit late, but yes. Only when they're defiant, however. When their HP is red, you gotta go to positionals.
Hi, is this a good build for path of fire?
THANK YOU! I've used gaming this past 18 months (for the first time in my 65 years) to help me recover from a brain injury and have been hooked ever since. Even though most of my symptoms have dissipated, I still struggle with arthritis in my hands and wrists. It's made a world of difference. We have several "physically challenged" folks of varying degrees in our guild but everyone is very helpful and forgiving in the group activities. They guided me to your videos. Bless them... and bless you for your helping heart!
i like that builds like this are getting out i have MS and my hands shake real bad thanks Muk
Mukluk the Champion of Low Intensity Builds!
Old comment, but I’m glad you found a way to enjoy this game.
@@Kai1665 cheers i have started liking it more😀
I came here to say the exact same thing. Thank you for showing us these builds.
I have multiple issues with my hands and of late have been sidelined by terrible tendinitis coupled with carpal tunnel. I gave this build a try on my main and it was fantastic. I was pushing through stuff with half a functioning hand. The positioning part was my struggle but as long as my pet was tanking I was truly just fine. I used a wallow because I didn't want to switch to my usual default bristleback. Everything still worked great. Now to get a legendary shortbow. Thanks for these great guides that make effectiveness feel within - I truly feel like I can use this build to adapt to whatever my physical capabilities of the now are.
Comments like this makes the effort of researching for these vids worth it. Thank you for sharing!
@@MuklukTH-cam I'm severely Dyslexic so learning learning complex rotations and remembering what does what in a split second decision takes a lot of effort.
I'd like to also add my appreciation for these builds Mr Mukluk. 🥰💚
For those of us who use controllers (trying keyboard with arthritis is not happening), these vids are a lifesaver! Thanks Muk!
I appreciate that you show what the build does without any buffs when benchmarking. It sets realistic goals and expectations.
I've actually been looking at leveling a ranger as an alt recently, this is great timing to look at as a stepping stone to learning soulbeast initially before I get into more complicated builds.
I love this so much, this explains things right to my experience level of "played this game for years, very familiar with it but not at all familiar with meta-level combat", and I can always appreciate an accessible build when I have joint issues that can make repetitive play very painful on my hands at times. Pain and other issues like ad/hd can complicate fights a lot for me too in that I can't fully absorb what's going on with so many dynamic things happening, so being able to pull focus away from how to attack and more on what's going on around me is just an amazing improvement. Combine that with my love of ranger, and you've just made my entire day. Thank you so much for this video!
Once again really glad this series exists to help people. Just a quality thing to do.
Loving this build series. They're great to also learn/teach mechanics in training so people don't have to worry about their rotation as much and actually learn the fights!
For overworld, it helps a ton to use Jacaranda, while merged you get 2 heal abilities (ones also a condition cleanse) and you get about 2k hp. When unmerged you have one of the strongest pets in terms of both damage and tankiness. It can also heal itself so you always have a great option when soloing.
i hate the jackeys ...almost as dreadful as harpies to me
@@shinokami007 So, you hate your pet?
@@shinokami007 Just think of the delicious irony of having one fight on your side for a change
@@rkbkirin5975 i'm mesmer/necro ...ranger's pet seems like brainwashed juveniles of the very enemies we are fighting.
but i get your point ...i remember being amazed and very afraid of Kaa in the Jungle Book
So much nostalgia, I main Engi but when I found Muk's channel and watched his builds and guides it got me interested in Ranger.
Ranger became my secondary class of choice, so to watch a Ranger build here is like a blast from the past.
I just like LI builds in general. Makes the game more fun verses doing complex calculations for optimal dps button sequencing.
Awesome guide Muk, and I’m sure no one will notice that you highlighted Stone Spirit instead of Sun Spirit 😀
Absolutely, no-one saw anything wrong there.
Agreed on that it's an awesome guide.
Returning to comment here after 3 days of playing this soulbeast build. Even without viper gloves and boots because Yassith takes a bit to build and I ran out of dark matter, IT'S AWESOME! My dps is consistently higher in long group events, I can be in the slot pew pewing bleeding and poison, interrupting and tossing healing spring out, and my warthog is named The Baconator. And no one yelled at me for not being their level of skill or dps. (That's one sure way to make me quit your party or guild.) Great job, Muk!
Speaking as someone with severe nerve damage in my left arm, these builds are terrific. Thanks!
there's a lot of classes that work like this in gw2 too if you have a flavor preference. Glad someone with reach is showcasing that this game doesn't have to be hardmode for everything when playing.
That point about shakey hands is well taken. Will give this a go & thanks
Absolutely love southeast. Ranger has always been my main but when Soulbeadt launched I fell in love with it. Got my Ibolga and short bow just tearing around open world. It's such a safe weapon, pet, traps makes a it a great solo build. I'll have to check out my talents when I get home see if I can improve an already fun build.
Soulbeast?
@@shinokami007 typing is hard on mobile. Yes.
Oh hey, this is the build that I use on my first ever character lmao. This build truly is amazing. Pew pewing enemies from afar and watch them die slowly will never get old. Condi numbers go brrrrrrrrrrrrttt
I've been kind of lost on how to gear my ranger. Ive got a berserker power soulbeast set up right now, but I'm having trouble learning optimal rotations since I'm very new to MMOs and stringing together long combos in the moment while also trying to learn mechanics and whatnot can be frustrating.
I might give this build a try! I love your low intensity firebrand and this seems like another banger!
If only guild wars would put a little more effort into marketing the game... You are an INVALUABLE resource to newbies and veterans alike. For example, I had no idea that a soulbeast could instant rez their pet by merging and unmerging!
It is really cool how you can pickup tidbits from Mukluk's videos even if they're on topics you already know. His guides are always great that way.
Anet marketing team: I Know, lets only promote EoD to people already playing gw2, that'll work! Meanwhile EoD on launch day "Why are the zones so empty". Ya know, its one thing Anet has never done right, they have never marketed this game correctly.
I use an altered build of Hizen's SB build, basically stay in dual daggers all the time. Though just realised, if you in Vipers this sounds more like a pve instanced low intensity focus on dps build as if you in open world, Trailblazers still always better. Can make a low intensity build for SB that requires no movement and no weapons swaps for fractal/open world/dungeon soloing for example. Multiple full heals - Poison trap - Spider merge poison aoe - your heal ultil - just dagger attacks in general+merge healing or vulture stance. Dolyak when you just don't want to take damage for a bit. (you also never unmerge)
Thanks for this video I'm using this build now and it's actually amazing, I got to level 80 a bit lost with gear and you gave me direction I'm using all exotics but still do a decent amount of damage! :D
Another great build i can try out with my disability.. thank you so much!!!!
The return of Classic Muk Ranger!
more like an Elite Muk, for our pleasure ;)
I love the build and use a similar one quite often.
Going even a few steps to the side can mean that firebrands can't keep your quickness up. Thiefs often have the same problem. Also on some bosses like Sabetha or Adina you should stack with the group regardless becaus of mechanics.
I find that the meta condi Soulbeast has problems doing the rotation on quite a few bosses anyway so this is a chill alternative that does adequate damage. Not top numbers but you can focus on other things like learning the mechanics or teaching them to your group.
Having just finished crafting the Dreamer I can't wait to dust off my ranger and give this build a go!
I might switch to this when I'm very casually playing the game solo while watching netflix. Thanks, Muk.
i did play a shortbow ranger a few years back, the place it really shined was tequatl, if you take the trait that gives pierce, you can stand at one leg and target the other and hit both (rev hammer can easily do this also) for massive damage, not that tequatl needs it but hey big numbers
IIRC there is a spot on Tequatls where you can hit him three times with melee weapons like greatswords. Or was that only on the frost dragon?
Yay! Thank you so much, I can't wait to try these builds.
awesome, more of this please. would be interesting to see where the numbers go if you only have access to exotic gear
Another change-
Similar to how switching the signet for spirits is a group DPS increase, taking Leader of the Pack is another group DPS increase as it shares your vulture stance with 5 people. If you also take One Wolf Pack, it's a pretty huge DPS increase. While it only works with power DPS, shortbow has pretty short cooldowns and can keep your DPS up even on some of the longer phase power fights, and can help your power DPS immensely.
Edit: typo more like typoo
Awesome and interesting video. Also really liked how you had an open world/solo option as well! Ranger privilege FTW!
"Finest video editor on earth" Not a word of a lie
The return of classic Muk :)
Hmmm Ok I like this build, also love the series will have to check the others so I can have a build for when I need to get the exploration tokens.
Yay I’m stoked to see these vids man thanks again
shortbow soulbeast is legit. this is such an easy to play build that feels safe and good.
thanks so much for these builds!
Shoutout to Noxxi for the fancy editing! Great job as always
Would love to see you do a raidboss with a full squad of low intensity players! I belive that would help the elitist meta 🙂 ty for the videos, love them even tho i prefer the more intense builds myself. Keep helping the diverse community!❤
I'm not sure if the supports can be LI or not yet, but the other 6-8 dps? easily possible, and would be more damage than im used to having in groups.
Yeh, was wondering if alac/quick/heal/might was possible with low effort rotations. Maby with more boon duration?
Welp, time to finally gear out that ranger. Thanks for the guide, muk!
I don't see you mention this, but you can put all your pet skills on auto by Ctrl+clicking them. It doesn't work all the time, so I don't know the full rules about what is allowed to automate but it worked for me the other day.
At the time that this guide was created it that wasn't in the game yet :D
I AM IN the focus to Make my own rangers do stuff As of tonight SO Yeah i needed this build
great series thank you
just tried adding Spike Trap and Warthog F3 to the rotation and ended up with 27k DPS and peaks at 40k...this build is kinda insane for how easy it is :D
Hmm, doesnt seem to work that well anymore, can you do another Ranger LI build ? :)
By adding 1 more button press every 19 seconds F3 (Primal Cry) you can push this up to 27k+
playing power longbow atm, maybe swapping to this + Dagger Warhorn for second weapon setup :)
I hope u do firebrand I think that f1 has a great burn stacks I think
like the editing
Any tips for someone solo Open World who almost never will be able to secure flanking all the time?
have any idea if the dps on this set up has changed with the most recent patch?
Love the intro. You should add that maybe you have a child that needs to interrupt you every five minutes to dress up some fashion dolls.
Got a low intensity beatsmaster guide at all?
How did you hide the annoying green swirls around your toon after you go into soulbeast mode ?
Is there a way to make main hand axe instead of shortbow work with this LI build?
Is the build still viable? Just getting to gw2
Are you planning on doing a necro build (any elite spec)
Reaper is in the editing room right now.
Would it be possible to do this build or something very similar with a dagger instead of a shortbow?
As mentioned I tested it with other condi weapons (dagger included) and got nearly the same results in dps, except you lost range and you lost an interrupt.
I guess it didn't really change after late patch, as it was a version that did not take use of One Wolf Pack. One question, though: is Ambidexterity in that build an upgrade over Refined Toxins?
Hey, might use that as a contrast to my Druid spec for open world. Thanks for showing it, Muk.
Also, obligatory "What's that in M5?"- question.
Its a button available in the practice room, it resets your cooldowns.
I know you wont answer but can you level as this build or no?
Soooo.... a while back I was practicing to get over 30k... And this build gives me almost 26k on the first try... I wonder... Will I start practicing my perfect rotation again... or will I just go the low intensity build.....?
Yeyeye... I get people's frustration who like me kept practicing like crazy... buuuut... what's keeping them from still doing so? Ofc I will go with the easy effective builds as long as I need to get familiar to old or new mechanics. But I do hope that people who were not able to keep up before finally having a good chance to be really useful in groups
People underestimate many factors why others just can't do the high intensity builds as effective as others. Not just things like shaking hands but also the hardware can be a massive problem.
A few years back I had to play on my notebook and the skills were just not always casting right. I thought I was totally failing but when I tried my rotation on a friends high end gaming pc I was suddenly close to perfect.
So whatever the reasons are, in the end everyone will profit from those builds.
Which elite ele spec might you be doing, if you are going to be able to make an ele version of low intensity build?
Right now the best results have been with tempest for low intensity, testing continues.
i dont get the signet of the wild, if you dont want to press more buttons there are better signets on ranger imo
Such as?
@@MuklukTH-cam extra movement speed, health recovery or if there is no tanking the toughness all sound safer to me cause they help you survive in some way, and dead dps is no dps :D (also the actives on stone and renewal signet are nicer than signet of the wild imo)
Big fan of these low intensity builds as a new player, any thoughts on a power version? I read one comment saying the power soulbeast rotation is overly complicated, so is it just not possible to do a low intensity power build? I'm enjoying ranger a lot and want to give soulbeast a try now that I'm 80, just never been a huge fan of DoT based builds
I'd love to see a low intensity elementalist
Great guide but as a new player I have a question - how the hell I can get full Viper's set ? :) Is there any "replacement" easy to get at lvl 80 ? :)
This is a guide on all the ways I know to get stat selectable gear: mukluklabs.com/gw2-new-players-guides/#gearing
Is there a way to do this build with entry level gear, such as exotic armor?
Yeah, just swap the gear to exotic qnd upgrade when you can. Best exotic is from verdant edge, the HoT starting map. You get free piece / day from completing the meta at tier 4 and you can buy more cheaply from the vendor at the start waypoint
if you take spirits, will the extra damage you give your team show as your dps in arcdps?
No, each individual persons meter will increase accordingly.
@@MuklukTH-cam if it doesn't grow my personal arc dps epeen then WHAT'S THE POINT??
@@asatsuki9250 you take spirit = team's dps increases = monster die faster
Is this understandable enough for you?
@@corrinlex1359 r/whoosh
Is this still good?
Does this still works at the moment? as it is one year old and many patch happened..
Yes, viable.
is this build still viable?
TY for this!! Im terrible with using 1-5 and F1 etc buttons, could never learn it (Im a click on skills person lol) and this build is perfect for me! Way less buttons to push :)
Are you looking to do the competition that hardstuck posted?
Nah, just focused on my content. I've already recorded the next 3 of these and have more I'm researching.
Any chance for LI Guardian?
Yes, that one was easy, its in the queue.
Do you just dive into pvp to get these bulds Muk?
These are a mix of sources, even chat suggestions from his twitch. Some of his streams I've seen him testing LI builds of different classes and he's shown of a list of suggestions he's working on.
@@ravenssorrow do i really need to specify that THIS IS A BLOODY JOKE?
@@michagruzewski5592 yes
lovely comment section :3
@@shinokami007 lol
Muck do you know about the kit-lis halo build? It was my favorite build to show new raiders. Put out 30k DPS. And you can skill click it. - it’s like 6 buttons and it loops. - Unrealx.8174 - I will comment the build and rotation below
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full Zerker + scholar 's - Sword + pistol
Notes: You want to overheat w/ this build. A few skill do more damage when your 50% overheated and then 100% overheated
Rotation - get turret down ( press f4 off cool down the whole time ) - open with pistol 4 - photon Forge ( f5 ) - 4 , and 3 off cool down - when above 50% heat > f2 + f3 > ""over heat"" - 7 , 0 , 8 - 8 ( blast it ) - auto attack w/ pistol 4 when you can ( you can get in an f3 before below 50% heat ), - that is it - loop the rotation when you can go back into photon forge - ( on the second loop - you cant use your - 0 - light beam )
change turret out for batting ram on CC heavy fights
should redo this video, power soulbeast with sword now autos at 25k
Yeah, a lot of new builds came out with the latest patch
Ranger + Viper's = high intensity, because you'll be running for your life constantly.
Subscribe subscribe! So accessible, even with my arthritis! Thank you
Now, I want everyone to think about a Low Intensity Untamed...... :v)
Still viable?
You just revealed our greatest sustain ability - merge/unmerge abuse. In case u forgot anet is after sustain skills nerfing them like mad. If slb gets nerfed this june patch we will blame you.
Eh eh, you did it, thanks 😁
This build is an absolute beast
@Mukluk Please, be noted that Viper is inherently hybrid in nature (Power, Precision, + Condi, Expertise). One Wolf Pack scales very well with Viper. It is great, maybe just not for the low-intensity because it is an extra button to press. If you remember, your very own hybrid DPS version of ranger can pop around 120K from one wolf pack alone. On full Viper. It is a very honorable mention.
OWP also makes more sense if your other DPS are power and you share it with them.
Yes but the hybrid build made use of a ridiculous damage loop with axe 5, one wolf pack, and runes of the mad king, two of which are not present in this build. It can be used if you wish of course but far less effective than that example.
@@MuklukTH-cam Oh, absolutely. It will proc less times on this build (also less ferocity), but is by no means to be overlooked, or deemed useless on viper builds. It's a very viable alternative, especially on single target. It was just a friendly reminder for all the fellow rangers. "OWP scales with Power, so it doesn't help us" might be misleading, as Viper actually has power as primary stat.
Anyway, great content, I respect your service to the community with these easy-yet-effective builds. I'll be sending more people your way.
I actually stopped playing Ranger very much when Hot hit and Druid seemed so incredibly un-openworld-friendly. Previous to that I actually liked it quite a bit, but having an entire expansion without anything interesting class-wise was tough.
When Soulbeast came out, I tried the power build, but the rotation for that just left me scratching my head, with what felt like 30 things to keep track off and one misstep meaning you're done.
But this is almost the exact kinda condi soulbeast I finally tried like 2 months ago. It's easy to use, it's very powerful and you can add new things organically, rather than having to memorize which of your 40 step rotation you need to swap, when cooldown y is at amount z.
And to be super honest, if one were to quote Muk "you can do 20k, but I expect half that in a raid scenario you don't know", then you can actually rate this build a lot higher, because even if you have to learn and dodge a new boss a lot, you don't miss much of your damage. It's not a whole process you need to start over and focus on, it's something that deals good damage and lets you focus completely on the boss. The range also means you don't run the risk of just swinging at air, when you don't see yourself in the stack for a second.
With Untamed being the...thing...that it is right now, this is definitely my go-to ranger build for the foreseeable future.
still waiting for the guardian version >.
Got at least one on the way
@@MuklukTH-cam woot woot! can't wait!
@@MuklukTH-cam hi, it's me again, sorry... you said in stream that for this you were looking at willbender and that concerned me a little since the dps comes from f1 which is a mobility skill and i'm afraid since you have to keep it on cd to do damage people will suicide like that
I love that you do these, I wish I could figure out all the Video-making thingies you use, I always feel my stuff reeks of amateur hour.
What I need is a Low Intensity Catalyst build, I suck so bad at Ele, I don't understand how to keep that 3 spinning, how to add more balls spinning, it seems the cooldown is really unfair unless you mash buttons like crazy, the very opposite of Low Intensity. :( I say "seems" cause I feel like I MUST be doing something wrong or misunderstanding the mechanic in some fundamental way...
You still Ranger main, or have you swaped to Engineer
I play mechanist most of my playtime currently.
@@MuklukTH-cam okay what you like most?
@@Rudolph_De_Wet right this second mechanist, but thats just a personal preference of course.
Don't forget storm spirit! if you group/squad don't make enough vulnerability, storm spirit will help. (for example if your group only make ~15 vulnerability, storm spirit is +10% damage. Both condition and strike damage. while frost spirit only give 5% strike damage)
As someone who uses this exact build in raids, I will die on the hill that this is the best condi build to learn bosses, while dishing some sweet numbers, outside of scourges. There's tons of utility like stun break with dolyak stance, superspeed with griffon stance, extra cc with spike trap, and so on. Bear Stance can be a 5-man giga-condi cleanse on bosses like Slothassor. OWP is a 4-man DPS juice. This build is so so good and best of all, you can skip using dagger 3 which is a leap (read: death by mechanics).
The first time I tried this build, I joined a random strike group and was easily in the top 3 dps-wise.
Is it the omega-top-super-raid build? No, but it's close enough that it ekes it out, due to ease of use.
So I'd completely agree on it being a fantastic "learning" build and it also feels a lot more fluid and logical that way. You can always add a dagger/torch as a swap, if you wanna add a bit.
Took me a moment to realise that the low intensity builds here, are pve instanced based low intensity builds. Wonder if he'll do a general for all content solo low intensity version, quite easy to pull that off with SB.
Nice! I love this series! But what are you going to do for Elementalist?! 😱
I found a 3 button condi tempest that can do 20k +, I'm trying to see if I can top it
Can't wait for low intensity elementalist !!!
Beastmastery > wilderness survival because of the permanent passive 30% movement speed boost while merged, and I don't think you're actually gaining any DPS by going wilderness survival, but maybe that's because I use slightly different skills. Also bristleback pet causes less dps drop off when you have to go ranged, because you can use all of the skills up to 600 range, and it gives additional AoE damage, something that this build is somewhat lacking. And if single target melee damage is the goal, Lynx is still better. For the loss of CC you can make up for by going axe/axe as the 2nd weapon set, and swapping only when you need extra CC.
Also have you tested with Sic 'Em instead of the signet? It's one more button to press, but it works the same way as the other utilities, so it doesn't interrupt the rotation, and also has a cooldown that is so close to them that they can all 3 be pressed at the same time.
Basically you can get the whack-a-mole shortbow build to 30-32k (depending on whether you have stat infusions) by just pressing random buttons that are off-cooldown. 25k is not the limit with this build.
"I don't think you're actually gaining any DPS by going wilderness survival"
You are, I tested both. In a group with boons it pulls noticeably ahead.
" Also bristleback pet causes less dps drop off when you have to go ranged, because you can use all of the skills up to 600 range, and it gives additional AoE damage, something that this build is somewhat lacking"
You could do that, it would be a very minor increase in a specific situation though and you would give up increased damage in other situations, plus giving up 2 interrupts.
Sic em: Sic 'em scales power damage and does not work with conditions. You could use it with this build but 80% of this builds damage output is conditions (roughly 60% bleed and 20% poison) which sic em will not impact, it would only buff the remaining 20% of your damage.
@@MuklukTH-cam Ok, so I did a bit of testing myself to test out the differences between the build I was using, and what you suggest. I did the test with the buffs and conditions listed on snowcrows at the bottom of the benchmark page, but without food or utility (except for 7). And I only have stat infusions on my shortbow (so +10 condi damage compared to the stats you have on the gear in this video).
1. So first test was my "baseline" with the build I was usually using (Beastmastery, Sic 'Em, One Wolf Pack, Bristleback). The result was 28787 DPS.
2. The next thing I did was swap Sic Em for the sigil. Result: 29137.
3. Then I swapped One Wolf Pack for Entangle. Result: 28688.
4. Since I had a better result with One Wolf Pack than Entangle, I swapped it back, and then changed the Beastmastery traitline for Wilderness Survival. Result: 28036.
5. Then I went back to the build I had the best result with (the one in 2), and swapped pet to Lynx. Result: 29296.
6. Swapped pet to warthog. Result: 28523.
7. Swapped back to Lynx, and then also ate food and used utility to see what the limit is. Result: 30628.
So what I see in my testing is, the shortbow build definitely performs better with Beastmastery over Wilderness Survival. You were right to pick the sigil over Sic Em though. And which pet to pick depends on your use case, but Lynx is definitely the best option in terms of raw DPS output, with Bristleback being a close 2nd. Except for the sigil this basically confirms what I had observed when I tested out this build before EOD.
For reference, I used shortbow skills 2, 4, 5 (5 triggers Twice as Vicious trait which is a 10% DPS boost with 62.5% uptime when used off-cooldown with alacrity), all utilities except for the sigil and all beast skills that apply conditions (so f2, f3 on Lynx, f1, f3 on Warthog, f1, f2, f3 on Bristleback), whenever any of it went off-cooldown (so pure whack-a-mole "rotation"). And when I set Beastmastery, I go 3-3-3 (3-3-1 gives a marginal improvement via better Twice as Vicious uptime at the expense of a more complicated rotation, but we want to avoid that here, so that's why I went with 3-3-3).
please make a necro/reaper low intensity build cover ...preferably with some minions (maybe not all 5 of them)
thanks for the content Muk :3
It's in the queue
I feel like Ranger is the worst dps class, playing it feels way harder to do damage than other classes with half the effort.
IMO that description fits weaver
@@MuklukTH-cam True that, too much ranger, I forgot that weavers exists.
So this isn't a solo build then.